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3: .OH 'UNIX 32/V \(em Summary''PS2:2-%'
4: .EH 'PS2:2-%''UNIX 32/V \(em Summary'
5: .TL
6: UNIX/32V \(em Summary
7: .AU
8: March 9, 1979
9: .AI
10: .HO
11: .SH
12: A. What's new: highlights of the UNIX\(dg/32V System
13: .FS
14: \(dg
15: .UC UNIX
16: is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories.
17: .FE
18: .LP
19: .B "32-bit world."
20: UNIX/32V handles 32-bit addresses and 32-bit data.
21: Devices are addressable to 2\u\s-231\s+2\d
22: bytes, files to 2\u\s-230\s+2\d bytes.
23: .LP
24: .B "Portability."
25: Code of the operating system and most utilities has
26: been extensively revised to minimize its
27: dependence on particular hardware.
28: UNIX/32V is highly compatible with UNIX version 7.
29: .LP
30: .B "Fortran 77."
31: F77 compiler for the new standard language
32: is compatible with C at the object level.
33: A Fortran structurer, STRUCT, converts old, ugly Fortran into RATFOR,
34: a structured dialect usable with F77.
35: .LP
36: .B "Shell."
37: Completely new SH program supports string variables,
38: trap handling, structured programming, user profiles,
39: settable search path,
40: multilevel file name generation, etc.
41: .LP
42: .B "Document preparation."
43: TROFF phototypesetter utility is standard.
44: NROFF (for terminals) is now highly compatible
45: with TROFF.
46: MS macro package provides canned commands for
47: many common formatting and layout situations.
48: TBL provides an easy to learn language for preparing
49: complicated tabular material.
50: REFER fills in bibliographic citations
51: from a data base.
52: .LP
53: .B "UNIX-to-UNIX file copy."
54: UUCP performs spooled
55: file transfers between any two machines.
56: .LP
57: .B "Data processing."
58: SED stream editor does multiple editing functions
59: in parallel on a data stream of indefinite length.
60: AWK report generator does free-field pattern selection
61: and arithmetic operations.
62: .LP
63: .B "Program development."
64: MAKE
65: controls re-creation of complicated software,
66: arranging for minimal recompilation.
67: .LP
68: .B "Debugging."
69: ADB does postmortem and breakpoint debugging.
70: .LP
71: .B "C language."
72: The language now supports
73: definable data types, generalized initialization,
74: block structure, long integers,
75: unions,
76: explicit type conversions.
77: The LINT verifier does strong type checking
78: and detection of probable errors and portability problems
79: even across separately compiled functions.
80: .LP
81: .B "Lexical analyzer generator."
82: LEX converts specification of regular expressions
83: and semantic actions into a recognizing subroutine.
84: Analogous to YACC.
85: .LP
86: .B "Graphics."
87: Simple graph-drawing utility, graphic subroutines, and
88: generalized plotting filters adapted to various devices
89: are now standard.
90: .LP
91: .B "Standard input-output package."
92: Highly efficient buffered stream I/O is
93: integrated with formatted input and output.
94: .LP
95: .B "Other."
96: The operating system and utilities have been enhanced
97: and freed of restrictions in many
98: other ways too numerous to relate.
99: .sp 100
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